Mystical Sex, Theft, and Violence
One of the most perplexing groups in medieval history got strong in the 1300s.
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Please Don't Think I Can Judge Anyone's Soul, Especially a Genius Like Merton's
I want to point out: This essay is conjecture.
In a way, I "work backward" from a lifetime of reading and admiring Merton's writings, combining them with biographical details, adding my understanding of Gnosticism and the Hemisphere Hypothesis, and coming up with this explanation of the
Why Francis Bacon is Properly Considered a Founding Father of Modernity
It’s no wonder the poet William Blake wrote of Bacon’s essays, “Good advice for Satan’s Kingdom.”
Introducing Eric Voegelin
Voegelin was not charismatic. He was a “gentleman thinker.” He didn’t like small talk and valued his time. His personality didn’t attract a cult-like following. He didn’t establish a school or movement. But he’s important.
The Metaxy: A Primer
Christianity says life is hard because of Original Sin.
Eric Voegelin would say it's hard because we live in the metaxy.
METAXY: The permanent in-between structure of existence. Sometimes referred to as the between or in-between, meaning that humans live in a structure of reality that is between
Top Ten Mystics of the 14th Century
They were the rock stars of late medieval Europe
The Gnostic Never Blames Himself
Part II of an Analysis of Eric Voegelin's Six Gnostic Traits
Southern Life, Agrarian Vision: The Apprenticeship of Andrew Lytle
By Mark Malvasi at The Imaginative Conservative
You See What You Are
"[E]ach man judges others by his own state, that is, by what he is himself--in virtues or sins." Symeon the New Theologian.
Many thinkers, such as Marcus Aurelius, made this same observation.
The Amazon link takes you to an excellent book about Symeon. Like all books in
Everything You Wanted to Know about Bohemianism
But were afraid you'd get an erection